Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon : Critical Reviews : The Four Georges : The English Humorists of the Eighteenth Century : Sketches and Travels in LondonEstes and Lauriat, 1882 - 819 стор. |
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... believe the scapegrace cared one fig . No ! Figs are sweet , but fictions are sweeter . Have you ever seen a score of white - bearded , white - robed warriors , or grave seniors of the city , seated at the gate of Jaffa or Beyrout , and ...
... believe the scapegrace cared one fig . No ! Figs are sweet , but fictions are sweeter . Have you ever seen a score of white - bearded , white - robed warriors , or grave seniors of the city , seated at the gate of Jaffa or Beyrout , and ...
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... believe as much as a million readers ! ( Immense sensation . ) " To these have we said an unkind word ? We have enemies ; have we hit them an unkind blow ? Have we sought to pursue party aims , to forward private jobs , to advance ...
... believe as much as a million readers ! ( Immense sensation . ) " To these have we said an unkind word ? We have enemies ; have we hit them an unkind blow ? Have we sought to pursue party aims , to forward private jobs , to advance ...
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... believe them . They are actuated by no hostility : not they . They bear no malice- of course not . But when the Trojan war occurs presently , which side will they take ? Many brave souls will be sent to Hades . Hector will perish . Poor ...
... believe them . They are actuated by no hostility : not they . They bear no malice- of course not . But when the Trojan war occurs presently , which side will they take ? Many brave souls will be sent to Hades . Hector will perish . Poor ...
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... believe to this day that the value of the thing for which I owed and eventually paid three - and - sixpence , was in reality not one - and - nine . I certainly enjoyed the case at first a good deal , and amused myself with twiddling ...
... believe to this day that the value of the thing for which I owed and eventually paid three - and - sixpence , was in reality not one - and - nine . I certainly enjoyed the case at first a good deal , and amused myself with twiddling ...
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... believe he still wears his robes at Madame Tussaud's ( Madame herself having quitted Baker Street and life , and found him she modelled t'other side the Stygian stream ) . On the head of a five - shilling piece we still occasionally ...
... believe he still wears his robes at Madame Tussaud's ( Madame herself having quitted Baker Street and life , and found him she modelled t'other side the Stygian stream ) . On the head of a five - shilling piece we still occasionally ...
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Roundabout Papers: To which is Added The Second Funeral of Napoleon ... William Makepeace Thackeray Перегляд фрагмента - 1882 |
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Сторінка 164 - Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly, to the listening Earth, Repeats the story of her birth : Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Сторінка 226 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound, and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike...
Сторінка 292 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs, — and God has given my share, — I still had hopes, my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down ; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose...
Сторінка 57 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm, his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then, with no...
Сторінка 191 - When I read the several dates of the tombs, of" some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together.
Сторінка 219 - I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is towards individuals; for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one and Judge Such-a-one; so with physicians — I will not speak of my own trade — soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth.
Сторінка 95 - When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side. I spread my books, my pencil try The lingering noon to cheer, But miss thy kind approving eye, Thy meek attentive ear. But when...
Сторінка 121 - A child will make two dishes at an entertainment for friends, and when the family dines alone, the fore or hind quarter will make a reasonable dish...
Сторінка 191 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Сторінка 158 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness ; it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son.